What can the Te Ahumairangi Global Equity Fund actually invest in?
The fund's Statement of Investment Policy and Objectives (SIPO) defines the asset classes it can hold and the allowable target / min / max weights for each.
Strategic asset allocation ranges
| Asset class | Target | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global equities | 98% | 0% | 100% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2% | 0% | 20% |
| Listed fixed interest or hybrid securities | — | 0% | 5% |
| Equity index futures (gross notional) | — | — | 15% |
Mandate flexibility (sum of max − min across all ranges): 125%. Moderate range — some manager latitude within a broader mandate.
Explicit exclusions (16)
- Manufacture of nuclear weapons
- Manufacture of chemical weapons
- Manufacture of biological weapons
- Cluster munitions
- Automatically triggered landmines
- Certain tobacco-based products
- Automatic weapons for civilian use
- Semi-automatic weapons for civilian use
- Companies acting irresponsibly in corruption/bribery
- Marketing of alcohol or recreational cannabis
- Gambling
- Sale of weapons
- Mining/resource extraction
- GHG-intensive fossil fuels
- Employment of vulnerable people
- Participating in the illegal colonisation of occupied foreign territories
Responsible-investment approach
Te Ahumairangi maintains an ethical exclusion list excluding companies involved in manufacture of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons, cluster munitions, automatically triggered landmines, certain tobacco-based products, automatic and semi-automatic weapons for civilian use. The list may also exclude companies acting irresponsibly in areas including corruption/bribery, marketing of alcohol or recreational cannabis, gambling, sale of weapons, mining/resource extraction, GHG-intensive fossil fuels, employment of vulnerable people, and illegal colonisation of occupied foreign territories.
Derivatives policy
The Fund may use forward currency contract derivatives for currency hedging purposes and futures contracts linked to global equity markets, with gross notional value of all equity index futures positions limited to 15% of NAV. Short positions in equity index futures are permitted provided they do not reduce net effective exposure to any national equity market below zero; short selling of equity securities is not permitted.